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  1. notin
    Sounds like Communism!!
  2. notin
    How would we know it? Who would leak that?
  3. notin
    Exactly. Too many stories about “intense negotiations with Boston” were the fluff Boras needed to make SD desperate. Was there even a third team involved after Boston bowed out?
  4. notin
    That doesn’t even make sense. Why would Boras (or any agent ever) stop any team from continually bidding against themselves? For an agent, that’s hits be the brass ring…
  5. notin
    And at the time, before the season or early in it, $200mill over 8 for a 30yo SS looked unreasonable. Six months later, it looks like a steal…
  6. notin
    Maybe they did? Certainly if they did, Camp Boras wouldn’t reveal that for obvious reasons. The Sox can’t and definitely shouldn’t if they want to keep the negotiations open. The Sox side of it was they did talk and Bloom (or whoever) realized the numbers were getting out of hand and they were not going to be competitive. That the 11 year/$280 mill deal came together so quickly certainly showed there were other teams involved. In the past, that has always been where Boras wants to be in his negotiating. I didn’t like the result either, but I just can’t pretend I know everything that went down…
  7. notin
    Ok but what was the initial offer to Story? Was he offered 4 years/$80 mill and worked up to a better deal? He had the option to walk away, too. But maybe - and I don’t know - he didn’t and worked something out. Maybe Bogaerts did counter, got rebuffed, and decided for PR purposes to only make public the initial offer as well. This is a lot like what happened with Correa and Houston. They made an initial offer of 6/$170 (?) and loyal company man Correa - with a resume similar to Bogaerts - decided to move on as well. Of course, Correa is not a Bogaerts guy…
  8. notin
    Was there ever? Hosmer has one useful skill; the ability to play baseball for minimum wage (with SD picking up the tab)…
  9. notin
    I don’t mind if they sign him during ST…
  10. notin
    I don’t want to look like I’m defending the Sox FO here, but at some point you’re comparing an initial offer to a final offer and assuming those are the only two offers that ever existed. …
  11. notin
    I could see it but I’m not wild about it. Best at this point: 2b: Story SS: E Hernandez CF: Laureano RF: Gallo But for pitching? Maybe sign Fulmer and move Houck back to the rotation like they clearly want to…
  12. notin
    If Correa prefers shortstop, the Mets (with Lindor) were off his list…
  13. notin
    The Mets gave up former first round pick and soon-to-be BA Top 100 prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong for two months of Javier Baez. For trading vets, the Mets are the preferred partner. For acquiring vets, shop Oakland…
  14. notin
    If Story cannot play shortstop because of his arm strength, Swanson’s healthy arm strength is the same as Story’s post-elbow inflammation arm strength. Story was down to 79.1mph after getting hurt; Swanson was at 79.2mph last year. Just imagine what it will be if Swanson has elbow issues…
  15. notin
    It’s one thing to gamble that Rodon will give you 7 years. Syndergaard is about as risky as Kike on this deal…
  16. notin
    Better..
  17. notin
    Only Notin gets to do that…
  18. notin
    Too long…
  19. notin
    10. They should have DFAd Ort and protected Ward. Then claimed Ort back just so they could DFA him again…
  20. notin
    Point?
  21. notin
    His philosophy is very deep…
  22. notin
    Over Frazier?
  23. notin
    If the Sox sign Gallo, keeping Verdugo in LF, it pushes Yoshida to DH, and benches Hosmer/Dalbec…
  24. notin
    So… Adam Frazier? Jurickson Profar? Jonathan Villar? Brandon Drury?
  25. notin
    You weren’t impressed with Kutter last year? I did like him, but I do agree the Sox need to push him back further on the depth chart…
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